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News Art market to wow town


A VIBRANT art market is set to shake up Maidstone’s Lock- meadow, where the market hall will be turned into a colourful fantasia of fascinating art and music. The first Maidstone Art Market


takes place on Saturday, September 19, in the historic Lockmeadow Market Hall. The market, from 9am to 4pm,


will feature some 80 stalls with artists from across Kent and the South East. Exhibitors include Emily Tull,


one of the national finalists in the Sky Arts portrait artist of the year competition; street artist Hannah Adamaszek; award-winning musi- cian Rennie Pigrim and Ieuan Ed- wards, a printmaker based in Broadstairs, who has produced stunning artworks for album cov- ers and books. There will be singers, poets,


dancers and performers to provide entertainment throughout the day. A charity art auction will raise


funds for Maidstone and Mid Kent Mind and The Foundling Museum


Helpers listen in – for 40 years


MOREthan 14,000 people in distress turned to the Samaritans in Maid- stone for help last year. The figures were reported at the


annual general meeting of the local branch, which has been offering sup- port for 40 years. The Maidstone centre’s 70 volun-


teers spent 224 hours a week listen- ing to people’s problems. With out-of-hours calls diverted to other branches, the Samaritans were able to offer help all day, every day. Maidstone Samaritans also works


with a number of other groups and organisations, including Cruse, for breavement support; Maidstone Day Centre, to assist the homeless; and the Listener scheme in local prisons. This year it also piloted a referral scheme with a GP practice. Founder members Laurel and Bill


Cooper, Mandy Perrin, from Samari- tans Central Charity, and the deputy mayor of Maidstone Cllr Derek But- lerwere among the guests invited to celebrate the branch’s 40th anniver- sary at its AGM.


Deputy mayor Derek Butler pres- ents a long-service award to re- tired Samaritan Daphne Earnshaw


in London and donations have al- ready come from artists including Ralph Steadman, Gavin Turk, Stu- art Semple (ambassador of Mind), Tessa Farmer, Nick Veasey, Sadie Hennessey and comedian Micky Flanagan. Secret bids for the auction can be


made at www.artmarketme14. wordpress.com and the auction will be hosted by Raj Bisram from Channel 4’s Four Rooms. Project manager Ali Farmer said:


"Wewanted to deliver an event that was unique to Maidstone and


something nobody had put on be- fore. We hope that it puts Maid- stone back on the map and injects some vibrancy back into its artistic culture." “I want to champion the arts – making them more accessible lo- cally.We have had such a massive response from everyone that I hope in the future it will become an an- nual or a two-day event."


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Fire crews cut man from car


AMANinvolved in a two-car colli- sion in Sittingbourne Road, Maid- stone had to be cut free by fire crew. Kent Fire and Rescue Servicewas


called to the accident where the trapped man, in his 30s, was com- plaining of neck and chest pain. Firefighters gave the man oxygen


and first aid while they used tools to remove the driver’s door. Hewas then taken to hospital by SECAmb paramedics.


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